noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any woodboring insect.
2. 2
   any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

borer

Etymology

From wood + borer.

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